Effect of Construction Efficiency on Factors Causing Failure in Construction Projects in Gombe State, Nigeria

Construction efficiency by professionals for construction success is non-negotiable in the building construction industry. The research was aimed atassessing the effect of construction efficiency on factors causing failurein construction projects in Gombe State, Nigeria, achieved via the following objectives to:evaluate the construction efficiency in building construction project in Gombe State, determine the factors causing failure in building construction projects in Gombe State, and determine the relational effect of construction efficiency on factors causing failure in building construction project in Gombe State.The research adopted a quantitative research design and structured questionnaire was utilised to extract the primary data from the 325 construction professionals (Architects, Builders, Civil Engineers, and Quantity Surveyors domicile in Gombe State).The data was analysed using both inferential and descriptive methods of data analyses with the aid of SPSS tool. The study concluded that construction efficiency in building construction project in Gombe State is moderately efficientwith most dimensions to include cash-flow, cost, time, safety, and quality; lack of experience and knowledge,poor communication,poor monitoring and tracking,unclear scope and goals, and poor planning and scheduling are the most factors causing failure in building construction projects in Gombe State; and there is a positive strong and statistically significant relational effect of construction efficiency on factors causing failure in construction projects in Gombe State (r = 0.898 & p = 0.013 < 0.05). The study recommended that stakeholders in construction project should ensure strict adherence to the construction efficiency to maximise habitable environment for cultivating healthy structures for client‘s satisfaction; stakeholders in construction industry should ensure professionalism in execution of responsibilities to avoid causes of building construction project‘s failures; and respective regulatory bodies of the construction should supervise to ensure that construction professionals embraced construction efficiency in the construction project‘s delivery all the time.